Monday, 8 February 2010

Biochar soil treatment

I've just found out about this ancient method of improving soil fertility by adding charcoal. It's being hailed as the 'new black gold' as not only does it do a great job of holding on to moisture and soil nutrients, giving bigger yields, but it also locks away greenhouse gases. The films that follow explain how this works and how to make it.

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Permaculture from Scratch

Oak House is in Shropshire near the Welsh borders. We're converting what began as an old concrete covered farmyard into a permaculture-inspired garden. This blog follows our progress, experiments, research and thoughts as we create a forest garden, organic vegetable garden and begin to live a bit of the good life.

Nancy Lowe Natural Gardens

NEW! I am now offering garden mentoring sessions, both in general garden care and in growing vegetables, using organic and regenerative techniques. I also offer garden design services and can provide you with hand drafted planting schemes or full garden designs, depending on your requirements. Nancy Lowe Natural Gardens

Permaculture LAND Centre

The Permaculture Association UK has set up a network of permaculture demonstration sites across the country - the LAND Network - so that people can find out more about how permaculture is put into practice. Oak House Permaculture Project is proud to be registered as a LAND Learner (a trainee demonstration site) We are hoping to be upgraded to a full LAND Centre very soon.